Inside John's Locker

Alex is our web designer and he does a fantastic job (don’t you agree!). But he’s very protective of his designs and one of his techniques for getting his way and keeping me out of his hair is to pretty much leave what I do in this blog alone. OK, he made it purple and put the computer screen and coffee mug up there. But it seems like every time I write some copy for the site, he politely says, “John it’s too long---put it in the blog.” So this should be pretty safe because I don’t think he comes here very often.

Well, we need to have some explanatory photos on our site showing in more detail exactly what a Locker looks like. Naturally, Alex wants us to ship a fully loaded Locker to him in Miami so he can take “proper photographs.” But you know, Brian and I were about to take it to the UPS store when I thought, “wait a minute—let’s take some pictures first.”

I’d been having a message board/e-mail conversation with a potential Owner’s Locker Member who was asking (quite logically) exactly what a Locker looked like. In fact, she wanted me to ship an empty Locker to her just so she could get an idea of what would fit in it. I don’t think I quite realized that it costs about the same to ship a locker full of air as one filled with bricks, but that’s another story.

So after the shipping the empty Locker idea didn’t fly, I offered to send some pics and, well you may as well see them too.
The Locker you see here is actually the one shown on the site (it’s blue—like the ones our Beta Trial Members used)….but in those photos, you can’t quite see everything. For one thing, you can barely notice the small container with 10 compartments for things like medicine, batteries and Q-Tips. When I was testing out the concept, it drove me nuts rummaging around for a battery or nail clippers.

You also can’t see that there are dividers in the Locker. They come with your Locker assembled in a grid but they can be reconfigured (or discarded). They’re great for keeping tall things like bottles standing up or creating a perfect slot for something like a Brita Water pitcher.

The other problem with the photos we have on the site is that the Locker shown isn’t crammed to the hilt. We thought it would be better for you to be able to see all of the items stored. Here’s what this baby looks like fully loaded!!

And you know, maybe it won’t be such a bad thing if Alex DOES find out about these pics. I’ll bet it’ll make him get the “proper photos’ don’t pronto!!

JDVM
www.ownerslocker.com